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Re: Re: Git for Windows and line endings

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 19, 2012, 06:09 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Chris B <chris.blaszczynski@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi.. it is such a crime to have that default option of MSysGit mess
> > around with the line endings.
> 
> No it's not.

Let's keep things professional. Eliciting emotions, especially negative ones, traditionally makes it more unlikely to get what one asks for.

Also to clarify: as so many Open Source projects (but unlike Git itself), msysGit is a purely volunteer-driven software. So naturally, contributors have a lot more to say about the defaults than non-contributors [*1*].

Besides, there is a fantastic and very detailed page when running the installer where the interested user can inform herself and change the defaults to her likings very easily.

Therefore I consider this bug report -- insofar it was one -- as closed.

Ciao, Johannes

Footnote [*1*]: And yes, the line endings default was changed from this developer's preference to what it is now -- based on a discussion with convincing arguments. Since msysGit is developed as an Open Source project with a truly Open Source process, all of these discussions can be found in the mailing list archives.

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  1. Chris BOct 18, 2012
  2. Erik Faye-LundOct 18, 2012
  3. Johannes SchindelinOct 19, 2012
  4. Chris BOct 19, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2012
  6. Jeff KingOct 19, 2012
  7. John SzakmeisterOct 19, 2012
  8. Raja R HarinathNov 4, 2012

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